Attendance

toc Attendance Policies

All students are expected to attend school daily. When they are not in school, they are not learning. However, when students are unavoidably absent, a note should be sent to the attendance office. Absences of more than two days require a note from a doctor.

=Lateness= Students who arrive late for school must enter through the main entrance to get a late pass before going up to their classrooms.

=Arrival=

//**Grades 3, 4 & 5:**// Enter through lunchroom on Boone Avenue at 7:55 am. //**Grades Kindergarten, 1 & 2:**// Enter through back door of first floor gym on Longfellow Avenue at 7:55 am. //**Pre-Kindergarten:**// Children are brought to their classrooms by parents at 8 am, entering through the back door of the first floor gym on Longfellow Avenue.
 * During the colder months from November until March, P.S. 66 students will line up indoors, entering the school building as follows: **

//**Grades Kindergarten though 5:**// Line up on the playground at 7:55 am, for the Pledge of Allegiance, P.S. 66 Character Pledge, and morning announcements. //**Pre-Kindergarten:**// Children are brought to their classrooms by parents at 8 am, entering through the back door of the first floor gym on Longfellow Avenue.
 * Once the weather warms up, around the beginning of April, P.S. 66 students will line up outdoors when the weather is clear: **

=Dismissal=

Dismissal Times
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 * Note**: //All After-School programs have concluded// for the 2013-2014 school year. Students will be dismissed at regular dismissal time, 2:20. Students who participate in the Extended Day program will be dismissed at 3:10 on Tuesdays and Wednesdays until the end of the school year.


 * Early Dismissal.** On days with early dismissal, **students will be dismissed at 11:30am**. It is important that all students attend school on early dismissal days, because early dismissal days count as full days for attendance purposes. Breakfast and lunch are served as usual on early dismissal days, but there are no Extended Day or After School programs on early dismissal days.

**Dismissal Locations**
**Pre-Kindergarten students** are dismissed from their classrooms. Parents of Pre-K students will enter the building through the back door of first floor gym on Longfellow Avenue to go upstairs to pick up their children. All Pre-K students are dismissed at 2:20 pm, Monday through Friday. **Grades Kindergarten, 1 and 2** will dismiss in the first floor gym. Parents may enter the gym to pick up their children through the back door of the gym on Longfellow Avenue. At the present time, all kindergarten, first and second graders are dismissed at 2:20 pm every day of the week. **Regular dismissal for grades 3, 4 and 5** is at 2:20 pm. Regular dismissal applies to all students in these grades on Monday, Thursday, and Friday. On Wednesday and Thursday, students who do not participate in the Extended Day program are dismissed at 2:20. Students who attend Extended Day are dismissed at 3:10 on Tuesdays and Wednesdays. **All grade 3 students** are dismissed through the Boone Avenue exit through the cafeteria. **Grade 4 students who walk themselves home** will be dismissed through the front entrance, on Jennings Street, at the regular dismissal time of 2:20. **Grade 5 students who walk themselves home** will be dismissed from the door at the back of the cafeteria, exiting onto the basketball court near the Boone Avenue gate to the playground. **Fourth and fifth graders who get picked up** will wait to be picked up in the cafeteria. Authorized parents or guardians who are picking up third, fourth, and fifth graders may enter the cafeteria though the Boone Avenue door.
 * All students who stay for Extended Day** **or any other after-school program** will be dismissed from the cafeteria through the Boone Avenue exit. Parents and guardians picking up Extended Day students may enter the cafeteria through the Boone Avenue door.

=Breakfast= A free breakfast is available to all students in the Cafeteria from 7:30 to 7:45 am. Students arriving to eat breakfast should enter through the Boone Avenue entrance, regardless of their grade level. Pre-Kindergarten students only are served breakfast in their classrooms between 8:15 and 8:30 am.

=Early Pick-Up= We discourage picking up students early from school as they miss instructional time. Try to schedule all appointments after the school day. If there is an emergency, the child will be released only to an adult (over 18) **who is listed on the blue emergency card.** Therefore, please make certain all information on the blue emergency card is up to date for each of your children attending P.S. 66.

=Holidays= All New York City Department of Education schools, including P.S. 66, will be closed on the following holidays during the 2013-2014 school year:

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